FUNCTIONS ATTAINING THE SUPREMUM AND ISOMORPHIC PROPERTIES OF A BANACH SPACE (Q4454356)

A Banach space \(X\) is called convex-transitive if \(B_ X=\overline{\text{co}}(\bigcup\{Tu : T\in \mathcal G(X)\})\) and almost transitive if \(S_ X =\) cl\((\bigcup\{Tu : T\in \mathcal G(X)\})\), for every \(u\in S_ X\). Here \(\mathcal G(X)\) denotes the set of all surjective linear isometries of the space \(X\). For a subspace \(Z\) of \(X\), denote by NA\((Z)\) the set of all norm attaining linear functionals on \(Z\). The authors prove that a convex-transitive Banach space \(X\) such that NA\((Z)\) is of second Baire category for every subspace \(Z\) of \(X\) is almost-transitive and superreflexive. The second section of the paper is concerned with numerical radius attaining operators. The authors prove that a Banach space \(X\) is finite-dimensional if and only if every rank-one linear operator on \(X\) attains its numerical radius. Finally, in the last section (the third), they show that for the space \(X=\ell^ 1\) equipped with the restriction of a Luxemburg norm on \(L^ 1\), the set of norm attaining functionals agrees with the usual one: NA\((X) =\) NA\((\ell^ 1) =\{z\in \ell^ \infty : \exists n \; | z(n)| = \| z\| _ \infty\}.\) This is an example of an equivalent smooth norm on \(\ell^ 1\) such that NA\((X)\) has nonempty interior and is related to a problem of I. Namioka: must a Banach space \(X\) such that NA\((X)\) has nonempty interior for every equivalent renorming be reflexive?